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Audio Silence Podcast: Episode #2

Posted by Kwan Hopkins in College English · Giknis · B Band on

Group:
Kwan, Ayala, Jimmy, David, Eric

Episode #2:
"Literary Lenses o.0"


About This Episode:
We are very excited to share with the world the second episode of Audio Silence! First thing's first: for this episode, our group switches things up a bit. "Literary Lenses o.0" offers a new voice and different perspectives. This episode focuses on understanding the text we've been reading from a particular point of view. Host, Davis Roberts guides guests Jimmy and Ayala in a fascinating discussion from a feminist point of few. Listen as our group talks about gender and female representation in the second part of our series on 1984.

Evidence Cited from George (B)Orwell's 1984:

What the Party did to the act of sex - 67 and 68

“The sexual act, successfully performed, was rebellion.” - 70

Anti-Sex

“the more men the better” - 128

Children of the Night Episode 2

Posted by Shilo Kendall in College English · Giknis · B Band on

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Children of the Night Episode 2

Amado, Ethan, Aden, and Shilo

The Women in Dracula


In this episode we focused on the role women play within the novel. We compared the men’s actions to that of the women’s actions within the book. We spoke a lot about Mina’s influences on the books plot and other characters and compared her personality to that of other women’s throughout the book, such as, Lucy. We also speak on the seductive, sexy, and erotic actions of the vampire women and why they are portrayed the way they are.


Evidence:

  • Pg 253

  • Pg 40

  • Pg 41

  • Pg 201


Hocus Pocus literary lens episode

Posted by Dayanna Hughes in College English · Giknis · B Band on

Lauren Nicolella, Dayanna Hughes, Taylor Green, Jayla Wright, and Chloe Hart

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In today's episode, we discuss the book through multiple lenses. These lenses are the Marxist, feminist, and the new historicist lens. This portion of the book is reflective on Daniel, who is the second oldest of the siblings. We talk about how wealth, history and feminism affect his life and relationships in the book.




References to the book:
232- Raj being controlling over women
page 240- Raj and Daniel's conversation about career (feminist lens)
pg 205- Eddie brings up the Castello family. ( New historicist lens)
Pg 238- arguing with raj about Iraq conflict
pg 217- different economic status

Literary Dynamite --- Podcast #2

Posted by Weston Matthews in College English · Giknis · B Band on

Members: Tai, Wes, Waverly, Lei

Episode 2: Through the Looking Glass!

Yaa Gyasi’s 2016 historical fiction work Homegoing is a tale of two alienated Asante sisters, one who becomes enslaved and one who marries a slave trader, and the collaterally damaged generations that follow them. In following the stories of these characters, Gyasi makes visceral statements about the unbending truths of colonization, slavery, and the dehumanizing effects of these systems. In this episode of our podcast, we look at different characters and their actions through three of the main literary lenses: New-Historicist, Feminist, and Marxist. Using these lenses, we unearth connections between past and present, fictional and reality. Unfortunately, there are so many interesting characters and plot-points that we only have time to talk about a few!

Ness associates real love with the hardness of spirit (pg 71)
Ness associates plantation with Hell (pg 74)
Ness marries man named Sam, have a son named Kojo (pg 80, 83)
Sam refuses to learn English (pg 80)
Sam and Ness consummation (pg 81)
James falls in love with anti-slavery woman named Akosua, but he knows he is not able because she is “nothing from nowhere” (pg 99)
Akosua is against the Asante-Fante War (pg 98)
Failure to conceive was always the woman's fault (pg 101)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w9LFnL98399xojBtUiKf4aRoeBxq8Alx/view?usp=sharing
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Audio Silence (1984): Literal and Figurative

Posted by David Roberts in College English · Giknis · B Band on

Group members: David, James, Kwan, Ayala, Eric

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In today's podcast, Audio Silence discusses the book 1984 written by George Orwell. 1984 takes place in a totalitarian society governed by the Party and Big Brother. The Party rules with an iron fist, watching everyone all the time. One of the ways they accomplish this rock solid rule is by altering the past. In this podcast, we share and discuss some literal and figurative examples of the main character's investigation into this altered past.

Sources cited:
- pg 80 "The point was that at both...the confessions were lies."
- pg 100 "Winston came across to...he did not remember the statue."
- pg 98 "What appealed to him about it was not so much its beauty as the air it seemed to possess of belonging to an age quite different from the present one."

https://www.soundtrap.com/play/xN-r6ewgT9OfXWm7Lyh4mA/english-1984-pod-cast/

Kurt's Krew: What's a Cat's Cradle?

Posted by Gregory Tasik in College English · Giknis · B Band on

Group Members: Nick Ryan, Tommy Conley, Miguel Rivera, Greg Tasik

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This episode was a mish mash of all your initial thoughts on Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut.  Our episode focuses on the larger themes at play in the book. We discuss religion's role in the story and the interplay between truth and lies. We also attempt to decipher Vonnegut’s wild and unique writing style, which is as complex as a cat’s cradle. Thanks for listening!


  • “Call me Jonah. No Sam.” (page 1)

  • “All of the true things I am about to tell you are lies” (5)

  • “Anyone unable to understand how a useful religion can be founded on lies will not understand this book either” (6)

  • “That people were still superstitious instead of scientific” (24)

  • “I’m sorry to hear member of the Laboratory family…. They’re the very antithesis of magic” (36)

  • “It’s a cat’s cradle…… One of the olders games there is” (165)


The Immortalists - Podcast #1

Posted by Lauren Nicolella in College English · Giknis · B Band on

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Podcast #1: Literal and Figurative 

Group Members: Lauren, Dayanna, Taylor, Chloe & Jayla

We are doing a podcast on the Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin. Our first episode of our podcast goes into the basic plot of the Immortalists, while explaining some brief information about the author Chloe Benjamin. We go into depth about how the writing is able to convey very vivid images, and in each section we have read up to so far showcase the times in which they are set in. The four main characters are discussed more in depth, and we explore the way siblings Simon and Klara are perceived after their lives are explained in full. The two older siblings are mentioned along with some predictions, as that is what is apart of our next reading. 

References to book:
-pg. 19
-pg. 157
-pg. 33

Children of the Night Podcast

Posted by Shilo Kendall in College English · Giknis · B Band on

Amado, Ethan, Aden, and Shilo The History!! In this episode we go into the history behind vampires and how they were first introduced into the world leading up to Bram Stoker’s creation. We also brought up the more interesting aspects of how the book was written, especially Stoker’s use of descriptive language and epistolary structure, and how these aspects added to the mystery and suspense of the book, despite the fact that we basically already know the story. Evidence: Pg. 40: “He is young and strong, there are kisses for us all.” I lay quiet, looking out under my eyelashes in an agony of delightful anticipation.” Pg. 43: “I awoke in my own bed. If it be that I had not dreamt, the Count must have carried me here. I tried to satisfy myself on the subject, but could not arrive at any unquestionable result.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vAn9Iz_JTs

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Purple Table Talk- Episode 1- Aysha, Mindy, Autumn, Sharron, and Alan

Posted by Aysha Siddiquee in College English · Giknis · B Band on

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Pg 8, 9
Pg 20 
Pg 118

A quick introduction of the book and characters. Where we learn about Celie's relationship with men but also having interest in women. In this podcast we discussed the psychological stability of Celie due to her previous encounters with men leading to her fear of them. Specifically we focused on figurative language presented through the characters personal encounters and obstacles. 

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Literary Dynamite --- Podcast #1

Posted by Weston Matthews in College English · Giknis · B Band on

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Members: Tai Bailey, Wes Matthews, Waverly O'Neal, Lei Zheng

Podcast: Literary Dynamite Episode 1: Go Figure!


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zuyXhg5zg22m5r4M22DGGLJ7szNWNsz9/view?usp=sharing


Yaa Gyasi’s 2016 historical fiction work Homegoing is a tale of two alienated Asante sisters, one who becomes enslaved and one who marries a slave trader, and the collaterally damaged generations that follow them. In following the stories of these characters, Gyasi makes visceral statements about the unbending truths of colonization, slavery, and the dehumanizing effects of these systems. In this episode of our podcast, we dive in depth to types of figurative and literal languages and images in the book and how they affect the storytelling. We talk about nuanced epithets, metaphors, connections. Observing that certain images and constructs appear in motifs, we investigate both their literal and hidden figurative meanings.


Types of figurative language: simile, metaphor, conceit, allusions, hyperbole, personification, metonymy


Mango -- image of vitality, exuberance → used to describe Effia and Esi


Desperation ---> described as the “fruit of longing”


The word “fire” is used both figuratively and literally ---> Effia has a “fire” inside of her (passion) but was also born on the night of a huge fire that ravaged her family’s yams.


Words used to describe women are minimizing: meek, servile, obedient

Words used to describe men are aggrandizing: big, strong, warrior


Black stone ---- gift to Esi and Effia from mother ----> black stone may represent the importance of ancestors and hope → Esi refuses to lose it throughout her course of enslavement


Storytelling is a big aspect of social identity. In the book, some important stories are told in order for characters to impart an important point (Fiifi with the birds, page 53) or simply just for entertainment (Anansi, page 30)


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2018-19: 1st Semester

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